Rate My Team thread

Canyon86 wrote: »

Opinions welcome,


Feel free to slate it!

Dodgy keeper choices

Danger781 wrote: »

Dodgy keeper choices

Ya I was thinking that alright!!

I have Foster in now instead of Krul;)

F1ngers wrote: »

Here's my latest attempt:

Mignolet: In a good Liverpool team - should get plenty of clean sheets.
Boruc: Good backup should I need to bench Mignolet.

Coleman: Getting forward plenty, should get the odd goal and some assists.
Koscielny: Arsenal defense should do good as ever + gets the odd goal.
Turner: Expect Norwich to push on from last season and expect Turner to play his part.
Collins: West Ham have the best opening sequence and I expect a few clean sheets from them.
Chambers: Hopefully gets his game - any suggestions for another 4 million player?

Hazard and Walcott: Speak for themselves. Hazard will be captain for dgw.
Mirallas: Should get his fair share of goals/assists.
Morrison: Impressive pre-season, hopefully did enough to get a run out at start of season.
Coutinho: First name on my team sheet. Gut feeling.

Dzeko: Apparently Pellegrinis' first choice and has impressed in pre-season. Can bring in Carroll if rotated.
Sturridge: Impressive since his move to Liverpool, but if Suarez goes to Arsenal, I'll upgrade Sturridge to him.
Lukaku: There purely for dgw. Out for Berbatov after the dgw. Other possibilities are Soldado(more than likely to cost too much) or Bony.

Mainly play 3-4-3 with the occasional 4-4-2.

Have 2 million in the bank to invest.

Thoughts?

This is pretty much my team except I've worked RVP into alongside Lukaku for the DGW, with Gayle / Chester / Turner on my bench along with Boruc.

if Lukaku fails to impress, he's out for Bony or Berbatov, and then Gayle goes to Anelka.

MagicIRL wrote: »

Cech in goal for the DGW. After that, he'll go to either Hart or De Gea. Personally I think United will be strong at the back this year, and De Gea is only getting better and better. For the sake of .5m he could be a very good shout, especially after United's opening fixtures.

Coleman, who should go forward all day long under Martinez, Toure who'll be a the heart of the Liverpool defence I think and Mertesacker, despite being a lumbering giant, had a good season last year. If Toure doesn't hold down a place, he can be upgraded to someone like Nastasic by sacrificing .5m from the bench.

Coutinho, Mirallas, Kagawa, Hazard and Walcott will all score goals. The only uncertainty here is Kagawa, whether or not he'll actually starts and plays 90mins remains to be seen.

Dzeko and Lukaku up front, now that Pelligrini has said Dzeko will be his main striker and Lukaku gives me the DGW and an instant swap to Wolfie/Bony/Hoop/Berba/Bent if he fails to impress (although I reckon he's #1 for Chelsea up front this season)

Benched I have Boruc, who'll be #1 at Southampton so I have an instant back-up should Cech get injured or shot or something. Anelka, proven goalscorer - again, perfect backup in case something goes askew with my first two and then Bassong and Turner offer reasonable cover at the back if needed, although I doubt I'll ever need to use Turner.

All in all, I think this is a very good team through and through.

You've got decent coverage from all the top sides which is nice, but Dzeko, Lukaku, Anelka, Kagawa and Toure are all rotation risks. Ben Turner is no longer nailed on at Cardiff after they've signed Caulker either.

Mike Ehrmantraut wrote: »

Mignolet

Ivanovic(v) Mertesacker Coleman

Couthinio Nolan Miralles Hazard(c)

Sturridge Dzeko Lukaku

Marshall Schneiderlin Williams McNaughton

This is my current selection, and have £1m to spare, probably use my wildcard after game week 3. Had Santi Cazorla, but not sure if he'd start the first game. Same goes for Kagawa.

Definitely would have Bony starting but Swansea have a tough start to the season!

Would appreciate any feedback

I've got 10 of your starting 11, with £1.5m in the bank. I don't like the look of your bench too much though.

Not sure whether to go for Luiz or Ivanovic. Are either nailed on for the DGW?

roryc wrote: »

I would guess none of the Chelsea defenders are guaranteed. I'm avoiding them. Initially had figured to get Terry but with United in GW3 I think he'll be rested.

I'm going with Cech, Hazard + Lukaku.

It's a bit of a catch 22 for me.

Ivanovic, Luiz & Terry all offer potential attacking threats, but any of them could miss one of the DGW games. Ivanovic got 24 points in GW1 last season, so I'm finding it hard to overlook a Chelsea defender.

Cech + Toure is a safer bet, but offer no attacking threat. Mignolet + 4.5 is my long term goalkeeping strategy that I don't want to disrupt. Toure will be competing with Skrtel over the season. I'd prefer Mignolet for Liverpool defensive coverage, without using a transfer to get him.

who_ru wrote: »

Thoughts on this guys? Bit worried Cahill won't get his game. Toure to Pieters GW2. Tempted to go with Paulinho/Soldado instead of Silva/Dzeko.

Would drop Cahill. Nice to see Michu though, I've not spotted him in many people's team.

We're all bunched if Dzeko doesn't start!! :P

IanOBo wrote: »

Begovic

Luiz, Mertesacker, Coleman, Collins, Zabeleta

Coutinho, Walcott, Kagawa, Ramires, Sterling

Lukaku, Remy, Benteke




Don't hold back!

I would think carefully about your strategy for having 4 DGW players. If you are going to have 4 DGW players, all who don't have a game in GW3, your bench will all need to be guaranteed game time, so I'm not sure if Sterling is a great idea? Don't think he'll get much game time.

I also think you might have a bit too much tied up in defence. I'd consider down grading Zab, and putting that money into midfielders or forwards.

Okay, with the double gameweek and likelihood that Bale is away to Real Madrid, I've started from scratch and come up with the below:



Reasoning:

Goalkeeper:

Cech for the double gameweek. He's probably the only Chelsea coverage at the back that is guaranteed to play the 180 minutes (injury/suspension aside).

Defenders:

Nastastic is out for around 4-6 weeks according to reports today, meaning that Lescott will get the nod to play alongside Kompany as things stand. He has the potential to chip in with the odd goal from a set piece and a City defender will be fancied to keep some clean sheets in their opening games.

Arsenal had the second best defense in the league last season and Mertersacker's partnership with Koscienly was a vital part of that. It's one of the other for me as both are the same price, but Mertersacker is my choice as things stand, mostly because he seems less likely to succumb to an injury.

Coleman won't keep many clean sheets but will play on the right hand side of midfield in a 3-4-3 formation. He had 4 goals and 4 assists the last time he played in a similar position (116 points altogether) and should see a similar return this year. I most likely will only have him for a few weeks anyway, see plan below.

I always play 3 at the back except for the very odd time, so my two substitute defenders won't have to perform miracles. As of yet I don't know if either will start to be honest, but I'll change them for different players as and when I know more. Two £4.0m defenders from teams that rotate well (Hull and Palace do so for the entire season) should bail me out a bit when I'll rarely need them to.

Midfielders:

Hazard and Walcott were a couple of the first names on the team sheet for me and remain so. Both ranked in the top 5 highest scoring midfielders in the game last season and I would expect both to follow suit this coming season. They're both expensive in terms of midfielders, but you get what you pay for.

Mirallas is someone I hadn't really considered at the beginning, but thanks to the help from members on this forum and reading about him elsewhere, he looks to be a great differential and someone that I don't think many in my private leagues will have either. He'll play on the right hand side of the 3 up front in a 3-4-3 formation and has been in superb form in pre-season. I know that doesn't count for much, but he has form in the league, scoring 6 goals and 5 assists playing on the wing in a very, very rigid 4-4-1-1 under Moyes last year.

I'll be honest, I'm unsure about Coutinho's value at £9.0m, but Liverpool have a great start and he is guaranteed to play and has contributed 3 goals and 7 assists in only 900 odd minutes of play last season. Depending on how he and Liverpool start, he's another one I may only use for a short while which I will outline in my plan, but perhaps Gerrard may be a better option given the set piece aspect and I'd expect him to do quite well with the new bonus point system.

Jerome Thomas will be bench fodder for the vast majority of the season in my team, but has been given a free role by Holloway according to reports and his task will be to attack, attack, attack. He contributed 3 goals and 8 assists when playing every week under Hodgson at West Brom a few years ago, so I do see him as the best of the £4.5m sub options, but if Morrison starts playing every week for West Ham (who have great fixtures to start) that may be debatable given his pre-season form (which, again, doesn't mean much I know).

Strikers:

This is where it gets tricky with so many options and the Spain friendly in outer Mongolia 10 minutes before the first game of the season.

I absolutely love Soldado and, presuming Bale goes, I'll certainly have him in my team given his record and Spurs' fixtures.

I want some sort of City coverage in my strikeforce, and although we don't know who will start, I'm happy to take a punt on the man they spent £20m on. You don't spend that sort of money on a soon to be 28 year old if he doesn't figure to be a key part of your team IMO.

I cannot stand Darren Bent but I learnt very quickly not to let your heart rule your head in this game, and Bent has a record that far exceeds his £6.5m price tag. 24 and 17 goals the last two seasons he was first choice with 9 as a bit part player the following year thanks to injury/selection issues, and if his Fulham move materialises as it seems 99% sure it will, he will play every week with Berbatov in the number 10 role behind him, which is sure to bring about numerous chances, and Bent has made his living off finishing goalscoring chances.

Plans:

Cech out for Mignolet. This gives me £1.0m to invest elsewhere and not a huge difference in clean sheet potential. Most probably this will mean Coleman to Rafael when United's fixtures easy up a bit and his suspension is served.

Keep an eye on Coutinho's performances and the United midfield. United's quartet of wingers come in at very respectable prices. If it becomes clear that Nani (£7.5m), Valencia (£7.5m), Young (£7.5m) or Zaha (£6.5m) or even Kagawa (£8.0m) are first choice, then a Coutinho to one of the above move would save me possibly £1.0m-£1.5m to invest elsewhere, most likely up front.

Difficulties:

Spain's friendly. Although my saving grace here might be the fact that Spurs don't play until the Sunday and City until Monday night giving me extra recovery time, I could have a situation where two of my main strikers don't even play much if at all in the first gameweek.

I'm banking on Bent getting his move and playing straight away and time is running out for that to happen. I do expect the move to happen eventually but it may happen nearer the deadline and not having played any senior pre-season games with Villa, Fulham may ease him in.

Overall:

Overall, I'm quite happy.

Goalkeeper, defence and midfield seems to be spot on IMO (unless I've missed something obvious which could easily happen) with the main question marks over the strikers ability to fire from day one.

Something that I will consider over the next few days is perhaps chancing starting with three strikers who are guaranteed to play (eg, Bony, Van Wolfswinkel, Berbatov etc) and use my wildcard especially early to revert to what I want from there. I have no doubt a front trio of Soldado, Negredo and Bent will serve me extremely well this season, but perhaps they are not the best options to go with from the get go.

Maybe taking a chance on Aspas up front instead of Bent for Liverpool coverage and using the Coutinho £9.0m on someone else would be better. Decisions, decisions.....

Sorry for the long post but I thought I'd post out my thinking to hopefully help others and give some ideas behind my thinking to get better advice.

What do you think and how could/should I improve? I'd be especially interested to hear your opinions on the strikeforce. Thanks.